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DlSPLAY-AND REGl STER APPLlANCE.

LSPECIYFIQATION forming part of Letters Fate'nt No. 634,619, dated October 10, 1899. Applioatitn filed July 11,1899. Seriallio. 723,464.? mo ma.)

To all y 312a,, concern 1 Be it knownthat I',' DA IE E. HENING, a citizen of the United States, residing at ,the

city, of i p ia i th conntypilhi a: ave-i k;

delphia and State of Pennsylvania, vented certain new and useful Improvements in Display and BegisterAppliances, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention has relation to an appliance having means and V mechanism connected therewith forthe simultaneous display therein and registration therefrom of maps, charts, engravings, photographs, time tables, &c., and in such connection it relates particularly to the general constructionand arrangement of such a desk or other similar appliance for the said purposes, f

The principal objects of my invention are,

first, to provide a desk or similar appliance for the display and register. of maps, engravings, photographs, plans,

the employment of a traveler-apron whichis adapted to have,

, simultaneously a registering device to indicate the travel of theapron in respect to exposed portions thereof,'and, second, toz provide in an appliance of the character defscribed means tomaintain the apron. not only taut and in any position shifted, but alsoto insure the actuation of a registering device by said apron working in unison with each other.

manner hereinafter described 1 and claimed. The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the'following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- I Figural is ai nt ev i na vet r appliance 'vention,

time-tables, an, by

printed, stamped, or im exposed, and

My invention, stated in general terms, con} sists of a display and register appliance when constructed and arranged in substantially the ism for operating the apron containing the display of matter from thejdesk and for controlling the i dex or finger and register for defining the. character of display matter adapted tobe exposed from the desk. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the upper portion of the desk with the vertically-inclined face-plate and framework'of the desk removed to expose to view the operating mechanism forthev apron, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged elevational view in detail of the mechanism for operating the register or index-finger of the desk.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a desk provided with an inclined fixed face having an opening on, within which is secured a pane of glass a. Above the face or table of the desk A is provided an upright framework 0?, in which is adapted to be inserted and secured in a space a? a map, chart, or other matteig'and below the space a is provided an oblongpanel (1 adapted to contain apron located within the deskand which will be presently fully explained. l-Vithin the desk A is provided aroll or drum B, to which one-end of an apron .C is secured, the opp'osite end of said apron beingsecured to a roll ordruui B. The apron in passing from the rollor drum B is guided over a small-roll c. It then passesover a roll c, located in" the to the face of the desk onthe under side thereof, and then passes backward under a ten sionclose to the glass face of the desk, as will be seenfrom Fig. 2. .The apron then-passes over a tension-roll c in a vertical direction closeto the upright frameworkof the desk over aroll or drum 61, located in thatvpart of the desk, turning thesame. The apron then passes over, respectively, the two tensionrolls and 0 a then in a downward direction and winds onto the drum-B, to which it is secured at one'end thereof. This apron G is adapted to contain printed, engraved, or other matter to be exposed through-the glassface of the desk. At each end ofthe drum B and ;order to expose to view the interior mechanan index as to the matter displayed on an front end of thedesk and in close proximity roll c at the rear. of the face of the desk on *the under side, whereby the apron is brought on the shaft Z2 thereof are arranged reels 6, to which one end of a cord or rope f is secured, which passes over a guide-roll f in a vertical direction to and over a roll f and then passes over a series of rolls f and f which latter rolls are secured to a counterweight f, from whence the wire or other type of cord or rope f passes upward and is secured to the interior of the framework of the desk, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The lower roll or drum B is provided with a similar arrangement of reel, rolls, cord, and counterweights, as hereinbefore fully explained. As

. illustrated in Fig. 2, the cords or ropes f of the upper drum B are wound around the reel (2 from the underside, while the cords or ropes f of the lower drum B are wound onto the reel 6 from the upper side thereof. If the upper drum B is turned in the direction of the arrow in Fig.2, the cords f will be wound onto the reelswith their co unterweights lifted in such winding, while the cords or ropes f of the lower drum B will be wound off of the reels and theirrespective counterweights lowered. The tendency of the upper drum to unwind its cords or ropes through the intervention of its counter-weights Will be checked by the tendency of the lower drum to wind on its cords or ropes through the action of their counterweights, whereby it will be observed that the apron C will remain in the position shifted and alwaysunder such tension as to be maintained taut. At one end of the up permost guide roll or drum dis secured a pulley g, over which passes a cord or belt 9', which is guided over rolls g and passes to a similar roll 9 on the opposite side of the upright portion of the desk. This roll g? is se cured to a spindle or threaded rod 9 preferably held in adjustable bearings g and g On the threaded spindle or rod 9 is mounted a nut 9 withan extension or arm g which enters'an oblong slot g provided in theupright surface of the desk A, and to the end of which arm 9 is secured a pointer g On each side of said slot in the desk-framework is provided an index or register g for the printed; engraved, or other type of matter contained upon or impressed into the apron'G. By passing the apron C over the uppermost roll or drum d the same will be turned, and this motion will be transmitted by a cord 9 to the spindle or rod 9, thereby actuating the same and shifting the pointer or finger along theslot of the index or register of the desk either upward or downward, according to'the direction of movement of the apron O.

Thearraugement and operation of the pointer or linger of the index or register will be regulatedby the uppermost guide roll or dru m d, which roll is controlled by the movement of the'apron. It will be seen, therefore, that the particular or desired matter contained on the traveler-apron C may be indicated by the pointer or finger g on the register The index on the panel of the desk serves simply and only to define what particular matter contained on the apron is susceptible of being exposed and at what letter or symbol of the register g by the shifting of the pointer 9 thereof the particular matter in detail of the apron can be exposed through the glass face of the desk A. As illustrated, the upper drum B is driven by a sprocket-chain h, engaging a sprocket-Wheel h, located on the shaft of said drum B, and a sprocket-wheel k on a shaft h journaled to the lower or horizontal portion of the framework of the desk A and operated by a hand-crank 7L wherebythrough the motion directly imparted to said drum B the apron O is operated in forward and backward directions. The respective counterweights for the drums l3 andB arepreferably guided between rods '5 and in the interior of the desk A. The horizontal portion below the glass face of the desk may be provided with a drawer a as illustrated in Fig. 4 but when that portion-of the deskis dispensed-with the operating mechanism hereinbefore described for actuating the'drum B may be omitted and said drum directly driven by ahand-crank se cured to the shaft of said drum. I

Having thus described" the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new,

and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Adisplay or register appliance, comprising a traveler display-apron, aroll or drum over which said apron passes and actuated by said apron, a threaded spindle or rod carryinga movable pointer, pulleysmounted on said spindle or rod and roll or drumand a cord passing. over said pulleys to permit of theactuation of said pointer, simultaneously with the travel of said apron, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A display or register appliance, comprising atraveler-apron, a roll or drum over which said apronpasses andactuated by'said apron, a threaded spindle or rod carrying a movable'nutwith a square extension located in an oblong slot of the applianceand provided'with a pointer, a register'located alongside of said slot, pulleys-connected with said roll or drum and spindle or rod and a cord passing. over said pulleys adapted to trans mit the motion of said roll or drum to said pointer-to m'ovethe same along saidregister, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. Adisplay or register appliance, comprising a traveler-apron provided-with printed or other matter, the ends of said'apron connected with drums, means actuated by said drums tending to turn the same in opposite directions to maintain taut the apron connected with bot-h drums and in any shifted position thereof, a roll or drum over which said apron passes and actuated by said apron and said means producing necessary friction between said apron and roll or drum to insure its positive movement, a threaded spindle orrod carrying a nut with a square extension located in an oblong slot of the appliance and a pointer, pulleys connected with said roll or drum and spindle or rod and a cord passing over said pulleys and actuating said pointer simultaneously with the travel of said apron, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL E. HENING;

Witnesses:

J. WALTER Douennss, THOMAS M. SMITH. 

